forelocc

Old English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ locc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.reˌlokk/, [ˈfo.reˌlok]

Noun

forelocc m

1. a forelock; lock of hair that covers the forehead

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	forelocc	foreloccas
accusative	forelocc	foreloccas
genitive	forelocces	forelocca
dative	forelocce	foreloccum

Descendants

• Middle English: *forelok, *forelock
  • English: forelock

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “forelocc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.